The Big War

by Anton Myrer

On Sale: 12/04/2001

The Big War

by Anton Myrer

On Sale: 12/04/2001

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About the Book

“One must go back to All Quiet on the Western Front to find another novel as charged as this one!” — Philadelphia Inquirer

NATIONAL BESTSELLER

They were our husbands, our fathers, our lovers, our sons. They were Americans and Marines. And this is their story: The Big War, Anton Myrer's panoramic novel of Marines in the Pacific in World War II. 

This is the story of Alan Newcombe, the Boston society Harvard man; Danny Kantaylis, the natural-born leader; Jay O'Neill, the barroom scrapper. Myrer does not glorify war; he does not flinch from describing what the actual experience of warfare was like for a desperate group of Marines trapped in some of the worst fighting conditions of the war. We learn about their lives at home and their fates on the battlefield.

Critical Praise

“One must go back to All Quiet on the Western Front to find another novel as charged as this one!” — Philadelphia Inquirer

“Brilliant and terrifying. . . . This is some of the most eloquent war writing that has been done.” — Saturday Review

“Zest, humor, compassion, emotional truth.” — Boston Herald

“Magnificent. . . more terrifying, more convincing battle scenes have not been described.” — Cleveland Press

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Product Details

  • ISBN: 9780060934736
  • ISBN 10: 0060934735
  • Imprint: Harper Perennial
  • On Sale: 12/04/2001
  • Pages: 512
  • List Price:19.99 CAD
  • BISAC1 : FICTION / Action & Adventure
  • BISAC2 : FICTION / War & Military
  • BISAC3 : FICTION / Historical / World War II

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